William E. O'Brien (born 23 February 1959) is a Hong Kong-based American racing driver currently competing in the

TCR International Series The TCR International Series was an international Touring car racing, touring car championship. The championship was promoted by World Sporting Consulting (WSC), founded by former World Touring Car Championship manager Marcello Lotti. It was ma ...

and

TCR Asia Series The TCR Asia Series is an annual touring car racing event that is held at various locations across Asia. History TCR Asia Series was announced on 14 August 2014 by the organisation behind the TCR series under the name TC3 Asia Series - later cha ...

. Having previously competed in the Touring Car Series Asia,

KL City Grand Prix The Kuala Lumpur City Grand Prix (also known as the KL City Grand Prix) was a motor racing event held on the Kuala Lumpur Street Circuit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The track and event overlay was designed and delivered bApex Circuit Design Ltd The ...

and Zhuhai Pan Delta Racing Festival amongst others.

Racing career

O'Brien began his career in 2013 in the Zhuhai Pan Delta Racing Festival, he won the Circuit Hero I, A class three times from 2013 to 2015. He also took part in the Zhuhai 500km in 2013, winning Class A, he also raced in the Asian Touring Car Series that year winning Class B. For 2014 he took part in the 25 hours of Spa Fun Cup race, finishing third in the race. He switched to the Hong Kong Roadsports Challenge for 2015 finishing third in the championship standings that year. He also raced in the Macau Road Sport Challenge and

in 2015. In 2016 he again raced in the Zhuhai 500km race, again winning the A class. He switched to the

for

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, joining the series with

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. In September 2016 it was announced that he would race in the

, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for

Racing record

Complete TCR International Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:OBrien, William 1951 births Living people TCR International Series drivers TCR Asia Series drivers People from Bridgewater Township, New Jersey Sportspeople from Somerset County, New Jersey Australian Endurance Championship drivers Racing drivers from New Jersey